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Thailand’s political upheavals in 2010 and then again just three years later involving violent street clashes between government supporters (the ‘Red Shirts’) and anti-government protesters (the ‘Yellow Shirts’) culminated in a May 2014 military coup d’état. Most of the Thai constitution was suspended and the country is currently governed by an unelected military junta until its new National Assembly is formed.
Political unrest has a long history in Thailand. The recent coup is the 12th such since 1932 — in addition to a handful of attempted coups — and reflects the country’s fraught history of internal political intrigue and a society deeply
